Luke 21:14

14 So don’t worry in advance about how to answer the charges against you,

Luke 21:14 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 21:14

Settle it therefore in your hearts
Resolve on this in your minds, and let it be a rule never to be departed from: not to meditate before what you shall answer;
not to sit down, and study a form of words, and scheme of things, what to reply to the ensnaring questions, that may be thought would be asked, by kings and rulers, or any of the judges before whom they should be brought; it being natural for persons, especially of a low life, to be timorous and fearful, to appear before such great personages, and to be thoughtful and solicitous what to say to any question that may be asked them; (See Gill on Matthew 10:19).

Luke 21:14 In-Context

12 “But before all this occurs, there will be a time of great persecution. You will be dragged into synagogues and prisons, and you will stand trial before kings and governors because you are my followers.

13 But this will be your opportunity to tell them about me.

14 So don’t worry in advance about how to answer the charges against you,

15 for I will give you the right words and such wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to reply or refute you!

16 Even those closest to you—your parents, brothers, relatives, and friends—will betray you. They will even kill some of you.